Anti-Japanese War Espionage: I Have an Omniscient Perspective

The school affairs meeting continues.

Deputy Director Yu explained the situation: "We are currently recruiting patriotic youths, unemployed military officers and workers in Shanghai, as well as some members of the Green Gang, to form the 'Jiangsu-Zhejiang Action Committee Special Operations Team,' which numbers about 2 people. However, given the lack of mid- to low-level officers, Director Dai established this training school to select elites from the applicants for the Special Operations Team and run accelerated courses to train mid-level commanders, thus solving the problem of the lack of military skills among the junior officers of the Special Operations Team."

As he spoke, he looked around at the instructors present.

"Given the current tense situation, we don't have much time for training, and the courses will be very short. Therefore, the recruitment will mainly focus on unemployed officers from the special operations unit and young students with strong learning abilities. Starting tomorrow, you will go to the first detachment's base in the Nanhui and Fengxian areas for selection and recruitment, which will last for two days. After the selection of the first detachment is completed, we will go to the other four detachments, striving to complete the process within a week."

The meeting is now adjourned.

The group left the conference room, while Lin Rui stayed behind.

Deputy Director Yu looked at him and said, "During the time I don't need to go out, your responsibility is to manage the school's vehicles and hand them over to the logistics department."

"Yes."

Lin Rui left the conference room and headed towards the logistics department.

The manager there already knew Lin Rui's assignment and took the initiative to bring out the roster and lead Lin Rui to the vehicle management office.

The manager introduced the vehicles to the staff:

「学校一共有9辆车。轿车一辆，就是你开的深灰色福特。军用吉普车一辆：型号为威利斯 MB。卡车3辆，雪佛兰 2.5吨2辆，、道奇 3吨1辆。军用摩托车3辆：车型为哈雷戴维森。」

These cars are mostly made in the United States.

After merging with the memories, Lin Rui understood why things were the way they were.

As the largest treaty port in modern China, Shanghai had a far greater presence of American-owned automobile companies, dealerships, and repair shops than other countries, making it the core distribution center for American vehicles in China.

Currently, American-made vehicles such as Chevrolet, Ford, Dodge, and Studebaker account for over 60% of civilian and commercial vehicles on the streets of Shanghai, and they are frequently seen on the streets.

Therefore, the military vehicles donated by Shanghai were naturally made in the United States.

Brushing aside his thoughts, Lin Rui took the vehicle roster. Then the manager called over three truck drivers and two mechanics.

"Those five people are usually responsible for driving and maintaining the car, but now they're under your management. By the way, from now on, anyone who needs to borrow the car will have to register it through you."

"I understand." Lin Rui accepted the task and, after the manager left, communicated with his five subordinates, establishing a superior-subordinate relationship.

He then used the empty house next to the car repair shop as his office, got some tables and chairs, and started working.

Managing vehicles is not difficult.

It's nothing more than registering and recording material resources. For a modern person, making tables and statistics is a simple matter.

Within a day, he had established his own management system, which surprised Deputy Director Yu when he reported it to him.

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On September 3, the Qingpu training camp began recruiting.

Eight instructors came to the vehicle parking area to retrieve the vehicle for their trip.

They chose a Willys MB and two Harley-Davidsons, registered them with Lin Rui, and drove away chatting and laughing.

Over the next week, they conducted selections among the five sub-teams of the Special Operations Team, ultimately choosing 408 trainees from the 2-strong team.

The students gathered in Qingpu, where Director Dai and Deputy Director Yu delivered speeches and announced the start of the new semester.

.........

Training began at Xixi Primary School after the start of the new school term.

The trainees, dressed in uniform gray military uniforms, practiced various combat skills repeatedly amidst Zhao Hu's roars, while the sound of gunfire from shooting training could be heard from the distant shooting range from time to time.

Lin Rui lived a very easy life.

Balancing vehicle management and driver duties is not too strenuous for him. Deputy Director Yu has been focusing on school affairs lately and rarely goes out. Most of the school vehicles are parked quietly in the open space next to the repair workshop, and are only registered and called upon when the instructors need them for teaching.

The three drivers and two mechanics were all experienced. The registration and material statistics system that Lin Rui had set up was running smoothly. They only needed to check the vehicle condition and check the fuel reserves every day, and there were not many other things to do.

In his spare time, Lin Rui never gave up honing his skills.

He quietly explored the boundaries of his three-dimensional field of vision, and now he can precisely control the range of his field of vision. The controllable range reduces mental strain and allows for longer-lasting vision.

What surprised him even more was that these special eyes became the best "learning tools": Zhao Hu demonstrated the details of force exertion when fighting in the mud, Chen Yunhe's actions when disassembling firearms, and Yang Lei explained the logic of terrain judgment when conducting field reconnaissance. Even if he was just standing on the edge of the playground and seemingly sitting idly, his vision could clearly capture every key moment. With the support of his modern thinking from his previous life, his comprehension speed of these skills far exceeded that of ordinary people.

Of course, simply learning by stealing information isn't enough; some questions need to be asked directly by the instructors.

To this end, Lin Rui took the initiative to get to know the instructors and audit their classes.

Then I practiced on my own in private.

Late at night, alone in the office, I disassembled the Hanyang rifle borrowed from the logistics department, attempting to disassemble, assemble, and repair it.

On a country road in the early morning, he imitated Professor Yang Lei's reconnaissance skills, using his three-dimensional vision to avoid the sight of the patrolling military police, and quietly left the county town, shuttling between the water network and the polder fields;

As for combat, bomb installation and detonation, basic espionage, and shooting, I have dabbled in and learned all of them.

On the morning of the tenth day after the start of the school term, a black Buick sedan drove into the training camp.

Director Wen of the Shanghai office of the Fuxing Society's Special Service Department, representing Director Dai who was unable to come from Nanjing, came to inspect the site.

Deputy Director Yu accompanied Director Wen throughout the visit to the training ground, shooting range, and classrooms, occasionally stopping to inquire about the selection of trainees and the curriculum.

Then, as he was crossing the car parking area on the sidewalk, he suddenly stopped.

At that moment, Lin Rui was checking the tire pressure of a Chevrolet truck. When he noticed the gaze, he stood up and saluted.

Wen Qiang's gaze fell on him, and he didn't look away immediately. Instead, he looked him up and down with great interest: "You're the Lin Rui that Deputy Director Yu mentioned?"

"Yes." Lin Rui's voice was loud and clear, and his posture was perfect.

Wen Qiang nodded slightly, then turned to Deputy Director Yu and smiled, "He's a good prospect. He's brave and determined on the battlefield, and he can also be useful in school." He paused, then asked, "I heard you're learning skills from the instructors?"

Deputy Director Yu quickly replied, "Director Wen has a keen eye. This kid is extremely quick to learn. Instructor Zhao often praises his fighting skills, and Chen Yunhe also says that he can disassemble guns faster than many trainees. He's just calm and doesn't like to show off."

Hearing this, Zhao Hu nodded repeatedly and added in a gruff voice, "It's not just fast, he mastered the grappling technique I demonstrated last time after watching it only once, and his control of the movements and force is extremely precise!"